Whereas survey data from the Faculty demonstrates strong and consistent need
and support for an on-campus daycare center for children of faculty and staff,
and

Whereas the survey also demonstrates that faculty in need of such services
would be willing to pay an appropriate amount for the care of their children in
such an on-campus environment, and

Whereas Southeastern
stands to gain a return on its investment in such a center from an increased
capacity to recruit and retain faculty and staff through having such a facility
in place:

be it therefore resolved that the Faculty Senate requests that the President
take all necessary steps to establish a daycare center on (or near) Southeastern’s
campus, including, but not limited to, the following options:

An on-campus daycare facility, operated by a private contractor,

An on-campus early childhood laboratory, run as part of the College of Education and Human Development, and

An “edge of campus” daycare facility, owned
and operated by a private concern.